catamount









catamount


noun

  1. a wild animal of the cat family, especially the cougar or the lynx.
  2. catamountain.

noun

  1. any of various medium-sized felines, such as the puma or lynx
n.

1660s, shortening of cat-o’-mountain (1610s), from cat of the mountain (early 15c.), a name aplied to various types of wildcat.

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